How2Exit: Mentor Mini Series Episode 4: Walker Deibel - the best-selling author of Buy Then Build.

Walker Deibel is the best-selling author of Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game, which released to critical acclaim including being recognized by Forbes as “one of the top 7 books all entrepreneurs must read,” and is currently being used in multiple universities as a textbook for "Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition."

Walker acquired seven companies outright over a ten-year period, resulting in having owned and operated in many industries including manufacturing, fulfillment, software, education, entertainment, and eCommerce. He’s also started companies from scratch, enjoyed 2 exits, made almost 2-dozen minority acquisitions.

He's a serial acquisition entrepreneur, Partner with Quiet Light where he helps online-based businesses exit, and the creator of the Acquisition Lab, which helps first-time business buyers with world-class education, coaching, tools, and community to create the world’s first “do-it-with-you” buyside advisory experience.

He is a Certified M&A Advisor, Certified M&A Professional, M&A Master Intermediary, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, and former FINRA / SEC licensed stockbroker. He has been awarded Thought Leader of the Year by both the Alliance of M&A Advisors and Axial, as well as having received the platinum award from M&A Source.

Walker holds an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis where he was awarded the Declaration of Accomplishment in Entrepreneurship, and currently serves as an adjunct professor of acquisition entrepreneurship for MBA students.

His work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, Fast Company, and the Harvard Business Review.
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Contact Walker on
Linkedin: https://Linkedin.com/in/walkerdeibel
Website: https://www.BuyThenBuild.com

Book: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07JKM2F5Q&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_S92MPH7HPPTHADB53PKW&tag=how2exit-20

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Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xoUH_Ixeook
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Other interviews:
Zoran Sarabaca: https://youtu.be/OLqszNP7yHY
John Andrews: https://youtu.be/vmGWbd2y5x0
Chris Daigle: https://youtu.be/jHWzFGRbpD4
Arturo Henriquez: https://youtu.be/uwN7y8AE4EQ
Joe Valley: https://youtu.be/ZQLdybxcZKs
Christopher Wick: https://youtu.be/xhIf9ltgedA
Jonathan Brabrand: https://youtu.be/oC82Ls54CXo
Carl Allen: https://youtu.be/VIU2Lqj_FY4
Klint Kendrick: https://youtu.be/eJ2GICCj2TA
Walker Deibel: https://youtu.be/xoUH_Ixeook
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